There is provided an aerosol generating article (2) comprising a combustible heat source (4) having an upstream portion and a downstream portion. The aerosol generating article further comprises an aerosol-forming substrate (10) downstream of the heat source (4) and a wrapper (36) circumscribing an upstream portion of the aerosol-forming substrate (10) and the downstream portion of the combustible heat source (4). The aerosol generating article (2) further comprises a non-combustible coating (42) provided on the upstream portion of the combustible heat source (4) and not on the downstream portion of the combustible heat source (4), the non-combustible coating having a thickness of between about 30 micrometres and about 250 micrometres.

In various embodiments, the present invention is directed to a supraparticle for use in producing structural colors comprising a plurality of core/shell nanoparticles having a melanin or synthetic melanin core and a silica shell having a plurality of silanol groups on its outer surface and a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) crosslinker. In various embodiments, the structure of these crosslinked supra particles is reinforced by hydrogen bonds formed between the silanol groups on the core-shell nanoparticles and mechanical, solution phase, and dry state stability.

A superhydrophobic coating composition is provided comprising an NP component and a radical initiator (RI), wherein the NP component comprises NP particles having organic moieties bound to the surface of the NP particles. Also provided is a superhydrophobic coating composition further comprising a fluid. Also provided is a method for preparing a super-hydrophobic (SH) surface, where the method includes mixing an NP component with at least one RI and possibly with a fluid, thereby providing a coating composition, applying the coating composition onto a substrate (pre-coated or containing oxides) thereby providing a coated substrate; and applying radiation to the coated substrate, thereby providing the SH surface on which at least part of the NP component is covalently bound, directly or indirectly, to the substrate.

The present invention relates to a coating composition including a film-forming resin present in an amount of 20 percent to 60 percent by weight of the total solids of the coating composition; an amount of a first material comprising a reflective property towards ultraviolet light; and an amount of a second material comprising an absorptive property towards ultraviolet light. A substrate comprising a surface at least partially coated with the coating composition. A method of preparing a substrate including coating a portion of a surface of the substrate with the coating composition and curing the coating composition. A vehicle comprising a surface at least partially coated with the coating composition.

A method for the production of a hydrophilic coating of a fluoropolymer material, preferably of a fluoropolymer film, includes the steps of: providing an aqueous dispersion of silicate nanoparticles, applying the silicate dispersion to the fluoropolymer material, and drying the applied coating, wherein a coated fluoropolymer material is obtained which has a contact angle with water of less than 30?. The fluoropolymer material thus coated is extremely weather-resistant and exhibits a long service life.

According to one embodiment, nano metal compound particles are provided. The nano metal compound particles have an average particle size of 50 nm or less. The nano metal compound particles have a peak ?.sub.t of 2.8 eV or less. The peak ?.sub.t corresponds to a resonant frequency of an oscillator according to a spectroscopic ellipsometry method fitted to a Lorentz model.

Provided are: a photocurable ink composition including particles of a squarylium coloring agent represented by Formula (1) a radically polymerizable monomer, a radical polymerization initiator, and a coloring agent sensitizer, in which a volume average particle diameter of the particles of the squarylium coloring agent is 10 nm to 400 nm (in Formula (1), ring A and ring B: an aromatic ring or a heteroaromatic ring; X.sup.A, X.sup.B, G.sup.A, and G.sup.B: monovalent substituent; kA=integer of 0 to nA; kB=integer of 0 to nB; nA: an integer that is a maximum number of G.sup.A the ring A can have as its substituent; and nB: an integer that is a maximum number of G.sup.B the ring B can have as its substituent); and an image recording method. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to a water-soluble paint or coating composition comprising: a zeolite-based inorganic compound in which one or more metallic ions with excellent antibacterial ability are ionically bonded; a clay mineral with excellent deodorizing ability; and a photocatalyst having lasting ability. The present invention is characterized by comprising: 1-15 wt % of metallic zeolite, which is configured by ionic bonding between metal ions and zeolite; 1-15 wt % of clay mineral; and 1-10 wt % of photocatalyst, and may exhibit, at the same time, an antibacterial effect, a deodorizing effect, and a lasting effect.

Described herein are coating compositions having unique mechanical and physical properties. The coating compositions are composed of zinc oxide nanoparticles, copper nanoparticles, a perfluorolkylsiloxane, and an organic solvent. The coating compositions can be applied to any article or any surface of an article where it is desirable to reduce surface wettability or prevent the growth of bacteria.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble paint or coating composition comprising: a zeolite-based inorganic compound in which one or more metallic ions with excellent antibacterial ability are ionically bonded; a clay mineral with excellent deodorizing ability; and a photocatalyst having lasting ability. The present invention is characterized by comprising: 1-15 wt % of metallic zeolite, which is configured by ionic bonding between metal ions and zeolite; 1-15 wt % of clay mineral; and 1-10 wt % of photocatalyst, and may exhibit, at the same time, an antibacterial effect, a deodorizing effect, and a lasting effect.